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Blog Entries - 2021

Superintendent Letter

Release: December 17

Posted on: December 16, 2021 3:00 pm
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Please see release from Superintendent, Dr. Michael D. Sander.

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Student Achievement

Posted on: December 7, 2021 7:00 am
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At the November 29 Board meeting, the Franklin Board of Education honored a number of students for achievement. Franklin City Schools established the Student Achievement Award in 2001; hundreds of students have been honored since

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Facilities Update Forum

Posted on: November 29, 2021 11:00 am
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Franklin City Schools to provide facilities update Community members are invited to an update of Franklin City Schools’ facilities master plan. The forum will be held virtually via Zoom on Wednesday, Dec. 1 at 6 p.m. SHP, the district’s

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Land Purchase

Posted on: November 11, 2021 9:00 am
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 Franklin City Schools completes purchase of land adjacent to new high school campus Franklin City Schools is looking to the future with the recent purchase of five parcels of land adjacent to the new high school campus on Sixth Street. Specifically,

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Student Achievement

Posted on: November 2, 2021 12:00 pm
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At its October 25 board meeting, the Franklin Board of Education honored students for achievement. Franklin City Schools established the Student Achievement Award in 2001; hundreds of students have been honored since its inception. Student Achievement

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Brigadier General Stephanie Ahern

Veteran's Day

Posted on: October 28, 2021 1:00 pm
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Franklin High School will hold its annual Veterans Day program on Friday, Nov. 12, at 9 a.m. All area veterans are invited and encouraged to attend the event, which will be in the FHS auditorium. The theme for this year's program is

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Mask to Stay / Test to Stay

Posted on: October 26, 2021 1:30 pm
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Yesterday, Ohio Governor DeWine announced a new quarantine option - Mask to Stay, Test to Play - that is a result of a growing body of national experience, as well as the Warren County pilot our district helped lead. The guidelines help keep healthy kids

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Winter Color Guard Tryouts

Posted on: October 20, 2021 6:00 pm
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Join the Winter Guard Team! Winter Guard is a co-ed competitive team that combines dance, theater, and gymnastics. All Franklin City students in kindergarten - 12th grades are invited to join. No experience needed.

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Talent Show Flyer

Talent Show

Posted on: October 20, 2021 3:00 pm
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Franklin High School will present the Talent Show on Thursday Oct. 28th at 7:00pm. Tickets are $5 and will only be sold at the door. Doors will open at 6:30pm.    This will be a great show that features many talented students at Franklin High

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COVID-19 Vaccination Lottery

Lottery Scholarship

Posted on: October 4, 2021 12:00 pm
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The COVID-19 vaccination is a key to keeping Ohio’s students in the classroom, and that’s why the Ohio Department of Health has launched Ohio Vax-2-School. Ohioans between the ages of 12 and 25 who have received at least one dose of the

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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Posted on: October 1, 2021 2:00 pm
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Franklin High School is nearing a deadline to recruit a set number of volunteers to run an all day program at the high school on October 21st. We need your help. Without enough volunteers we will not be able to hold the program this year. The Franklin

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Blackboard Connect Logo

Calamity Day Communications

Posted on: October 1, 2021 9:00 am
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October 1, 2021 Franklin City Schools Calamity Day Communications While the weather is still beautiful, we know colder days are coming and want to update students and families on how the district will communicate about school closings and delays. Please be

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Pilot Program Details

Posted on: September 24, 2021 4:00 pm
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Check out the details below concerning the Quarantine Alternative pilot program referenced in the press release from earlier today. 

Quarantine Alternative pilot program

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10 Warren Co. School Districts to Pilot ODH’s Test & Stay Program Next Week

Posted on: September 24, 2021 2:20 pm
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  The Ohio Department of Health is piloting a Test & Stay program in 10 Warren County districts that will begin the week of September 27. Test & Stay is a testing initiative for asymptomatic close contacts of students with confirmed COVID-19.

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https://www.franklincityschools.com/media/technology/Rebranding Release.pdf

District Rebrands

Posted on: September 23, 2021 2:00 pm
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  Franklin City Schools rebrands with new Wildcat, paw, and wordmark A modern, red, black, and white wildcat with alert ears and open eyes is part of Franklin City Schools’ new district brand that was unveiled at the September 12

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Treasure Island

TREASURE ISLAND

Posted on: September 22, 2021 10:00 am
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Oct. 22 & 23 @ 7 p.m. and Oct. 24 @ 2 p.m. Story by Robert Louis Stevenson, adapted by Bryony Lavery. It’s a dark, stormy night. The stars are out. Jim, the innkeeper’s granddaughter, opens the door to a terrifying stranger. At the old

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Announcement

Homecoming Update

Posted on: September 21, 2021 9:20 am
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Franklin Families: Tomorrow, Wednesday, September 22nd, Franklin High School will host the 2021 Homecoming Parade and Bonfire.  This is a wonderful community event.  The parade will start at FHS and end behind the old FJHS, which is the location of

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Blue Star Welcome Week

Blue Star Welcome Week

Posted on: September 17, 2021 10:00 am
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Blue Star Welcome Week 2021 with Blue Star Families of Dayton & Southwestern Ohio in partnership with CSX   In honor of the 2nd annual Blue Star Welcome Week, the Blue Star Families of Dayton & Southwestern Ohio Chapter is grateful for the

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Color Guard Clinic Flyer

Color Guard Clinic

Posted on: September 13, 2021 11:00 am
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It's almost time for the Wild Kitten Color Guard Clinic! Students will get to work with members from the Franklin High School Color Guard, receive a t-shirt, and will perform with the Guard during half-time at the Franklin High School Varsity Football game on Friday, October 15th, 2021. See attached form for full details!

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Suicide Prevention Month Flyer

Suicide Prevention Month

Posted on: September 13, 2021 10:00 am
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September is Suicide Prevention Month.  To help support our students and community, FHS has partnered with Talbert House to provide QPR Training.  QPR  stands for Question, Persuade and Refer, and is an evidence-based universal prevention

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Homecoming 2021 Schedule

2021 Homecoming

Posted on: September 1, 2021 9:00 am
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Check out the upcoming schedule for the 2021 Homecoming week!

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Groundbreaking for New Franklin High School

Posted on: September 1, 2021 8:00 am
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Franklin City Schools will kick off a $130 million building project by breaking ground for their new high school on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2 p.m.  The public is invited to attend the event, which will be in the rear lawn of the (former) Franklin

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ProgressBook Information

Posted on: August 13, 2021 8:00 am
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Still not sure of your child's schedule? All students can access their schedules in ProgressBook. Students don't need separate usernames and passwords for access. They can login at https://parentaccess.swoca.net/using their Google information. Head to

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Employees Honored

Posted on: August 13, 2021 12:20 am
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At the district's back-to-school kickoff, Franklin City Schools honored employees who have reached 25 and 30-year service anniversaries.    25-year employees JoAnne Barker and  Caroline Ferguson received their awards in person; Lynn Hetzler,

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YMCA Flyer

YMCA Enrichment Program

Posted on: July 26, 2021 2:40 pm
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Do you need before and after school enrichment for your students? The YMCA serves all elementary buildings in the district at Hampton Bennett.

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Sabrina Raisch

Sabrina Raisch

Posted on: July 23, 2021 2:00 pm
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Welcome back to “Meet-a-Wildcat!” Today we meet Ms. Sabrina Raisch. Sabrina will be joining the staff at Hunter Elementary as a third grade teacher. She loves to travel with her husband, John, and their dogs, Semper and Harley. She has wanted to

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KImberly Irgens

Kimberly Irgens

Posted on: July 16, 2021 11:00 am
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Welcome back to “Meet-a-Wildcat!” Today we meet a familiar face in the district - Mrs. Kimberly Irgens. Kimberly has been in the district as a teacher for 21 years. Her new role will be as Assistant Elementary Principal serving primarily Hunter

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SAPC

SAPC

Posted on: June 23, 2021 3:20 pm
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SAPC, in partnership with VFC, GOVS, Talbert House Prevention Services, ESC, and the Teen Alliance Council, are sponsoring a FREE Movie Event on Thursday, July 29th at Armco Park. Dinner will be provided. The documentary being shown is Audrie & Daisy

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Superintendent Sander, Board Member Lori Raleigh, Business Manager Rodney Roberts

Franklin City Schools honored with chamber award

Posted on: June 23, 2021 11:00 am
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Franklin City Schools was a co-winner with Carlisle Local Schools at the Franklin Area Chamber of Commerce's annual award ceremony on June 22.    FCS received the President's Award, which is given for service to the community and/or the

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Vaccination Clinic for Teens

Posted on: June 15, 2021 7:00 am
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The Springboro School District is partnering with the Warren County Health District to host COVID-19 vaccination clinics.  These vaccination clinics are being open to students who are 12-years old and older and for their families from the Springboro,

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Josh Pohl

Josh Pohl

Posted on: June 8, 2021 1:30 pm
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Today’s edition of “Meet-a-Wildcat” welcomes Mr. Joshua Pohl. Josh will be the new principal at Gerke Elementary School. He is married with four children - two sons and two daughters! He loves helping people. He is looking forward to helping

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May Student Achievment

Posted on: May 27, 2021 7:40 am
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Franklin Board honors students for achievement at May meeting   At its May 24 meeting, the Franklin Board of Education honored nine students for achievement.    Three members of the FHS Class of 2021, Tanner Biltz, Jeffrey Davis, and

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Novalee Hillard

SEAL

Posted on: May 20, 2021 11:00 am
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Congratulations to our EMIS Coordinator, Novalee Hillard, for graduating from the SEAL (SWOCA EMIS Advanced Leadership) program. This is a 2-year program that requires advanced skills, training, and communication.

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July 4 Parade Information

Posted on: May 19, 2021 7:00 am
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Interested in participating in "The Wettest Parade in Ohio?" To participate you must complete the following entry form, sign and submit to the Franklin City Building: 1 Benjamin FranklinWay, Franklin, Ohio, 45005 Entries received after 07/01/21, will

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Project Excellence Winners

Posted on: May 18, 2021 9:00 am
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Ellzey, Katris 2021 Project Excellence Winners Carrie Ellzey and Zach Katris have been named Franklin City Schools' 2021 Project Excellence winners. Project Excellence, which operates under the Area Progress Council of Warren County, annually recognizes

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Mr. Greenwood Retirement

Greenwood Retirement

Posted on: May 7, 2021 9:00 am
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Oops! Forgive us as we previously had an error in our date. Everything is correct now. We don't want anyone to miss saying farewell to Mr. Greenwood! #FCSWildcatPride
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Veteran Cassidy & President Fleming

Board presents diploma to Korean-era veteran

Posted on: April 28, 2021 10:00 am
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At its April 26 meeting, the Franklin Board of Education presented a high school diploma to veteran Floyd Clay Cassidy.    Cassidy was drafted by the United States Marine Corps on January 29, 1954; he withdrew from Franklin High School just

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Kindergarten Round Up

Posted on: April 21, 2021 7:00 am
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Take the survey!

Branding Survey

Posted on: March 29, 2021 2:00 pm
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With the successful passage of the Bond Issue last November, Franklin City Schools will be getting all new buildings. As part of the design process, the Board has decided to undertake a rebranding process to make sure the District's Branding better reflects

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Junior Greene

Veteran Diploma

Posted on: March 26, 2021 7:00 am
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Board presents diploma to Vietnam veteran At its March 22 meeting, the Franklin Board of Education presented a diploma to veteran Arthur Greene, Jr.    Greene, 76, of Franklin Township, should have graduated with the Class of 1963 but left school

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March Student Achievement

Posted on: March 23, 2021 2:00 pm
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Board honors students for achievement At its March 22 meeting, the Franklin Board of Education honored three students for achievement: Jazmyn Angel, Jared Erwin, and Jay Patel. Jazmyn Angel (at left in the picture) was honored for exemplary service to

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FHS students win 13 prizes at the Miamisburg Student Art Show

Posted on: March 15, 2021 7:00 am
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Franklin High School students took thirteen awards at the 30th Annual Miamisburg Art Gallery Student Art Show including Best of Show and the President’s Award.  Twenty-four FHS students entered 41 pieces; prizes were awarded in eight categories:

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Elementary Volleyball CLinic

Posted on: March 8, 2021 7:00 am
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The Franklin Volleyball Program is hosting the spring league for 3rd-6th grade girls interested in playing volleyball again this year! The league will be conducted by Franklin volleyball coaches, along with current players. The league will consist of

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Imagination LIbrary

Imagination LIbrary

Posted on: March 2, 2021 2:00 pm
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“Every Child Reads Every Day” is the theme of the Warren County Imagination Library.  As of February 26, 2021, we have 7,383 or 55.8% percent of the eligible children in Warren County registered to receive free age-appropriate books monthly

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Sale of Bonds

Posted on: March 1, 2021 10:00 am
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On Thursday, February 25th, at 5:00 PM, Franklin City Schools hosted an investors forum to provide Franklin City School citizens information about the upcoming sale of Franklin City School District bonds.  These bonds are tax exempt from federal,

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Community Forum Information

New High School Community Forum

Posted on: March 1, 2021 10:00 am
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Franklin City Schools is inviting all community members interested in participating on the design of the new high school to a forum on March 18, 2021, from 6 - 7:30 pm in the FHS auditorium.

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FJHS Building

Tour Dates for FJHS

Posted on: February 25, 2021 3:00 pm
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FJHS Tour Dates Community members, past students, former staff members and administrators, and the general public are invited to tour the current Franklin Junior High School (old high school) prior to its demolition. “We know that community members

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March 17 & 18 Blizzard Bags

March 17 & 18 Blizzard Bags

Posted on: February 25, 2021 11:00 am
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Please see important information from Dr. Sander, Superintendent, about an upcoming schedule change for students. 

 

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Staff Vaccination Information

Staff Vaccination Information

Posted on: February 10, 2021 2:00 pm
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Please see important information from Dr. Sander, Superintendent, about an upcoming schedule change for students. 

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Building Changes - Fall 21-22

Posted on: January 26, 2021 1:40 pm
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Release | January 26, 2021 Re: Facilities Update Franklin City Schools is hard at work on the facilities project made possible by our community passing the November 2020 bond issue. The Board of Education made a decision last

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Fleming and Knipper

Board Elects New Officers

Posted on: January 26, 2021 11:00 am
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Franklin Board of Education elects 2021 officers Andrew Fleming took the oath as President of the Franklin Board of Education at the Board's Jan. 11 reorganizational meeting. Fleming is currently serving his first full term on the Board (which started Jan.

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Puffs Poster

Puffs

Posted on: January 19, 2021 9:00 am
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Franklin High School Drama Department to present Puffs   For seven years a certain boy wizard went to a certain Wizard School and conquered evil. This, however, is not his story. This is the story of the Puffs... who just happened to be there too.

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WCCHD Media Release

WCCHD Media Release - Vaccinations

Posted on: January 15, 2021 12:00 pm
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Please see the WCCHD media release concerning vaccinations efforts in Warren County.

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Quarantine Updates

Posted on: January 7, 2021 12:00 pm
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A message to district families - The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) put out new guidance regarding quarantining at K-12 schools. If a student or teacher is exposed in the classroom setting to someone with COVID-19, quarantine is not recommended for the

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Miamisburg Art Gallery logo

Art Show - Miamisburg

Posted on: March 2, 2021 7:10 am
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FHS students to participate in annual art show   Miamisburg Art Gallery will host its 30th annual student show March 6-March 28, showcasing work by students from Carlisle, Franklin, John Lazares Alternative School, Madison, Miamisburg, Monroe,

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Student Achievement February

Student Achievement

Posted on: March 1, 2021 12:00 pm
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Board honors students for achievement   At its Feb. 22 meeting, the Franklin Board of Education recognized six students for achievement, all having earned 10 quarters of straight As. Students honored were from left, Lanee Imfeld, Bryley Wulff, Cooper

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